Chapter Summaries

Sakura learned that Akatsuki had captured Gaara and caused the Mizukage to disappear, then met Himura, who brought her a proposed attendant. She instead assigned Nao to Sasuke as the first of the twenty wives she had promised him, while agreeing to the Daimyo palace construction.

• Jiraiya told Sakura that the Toad Sage had awakened and prophesied about a pink-haired person, but Sakura delayed going to Mount Myōboku.
• Tatami Iwashi reported that Gaara had been captured and the Mizukage's fleet had vanished, with evidence pointing to Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya realized Nagato's actions would turn Sunagakure and Kirigakure against him, while Sakura said Akatsuki posed no serious threat.
• Himura visited Sakura and offered eight hundred attendants, then presented Gogō Nao as a personal companion for the Hokage.
• Sakura ordered Nao to follow Sasuke to help prevent the Uchiha Clan Downfall, counting her as the first of the twenty wives she had promised him.
• Sakura raised the subject of construction on the Daimyo's palace, and Himura reluctantly agreed.

Sakura visited Mount Myōboku with Jiraiya and rejected Gamamaru’s offer to guide her, then returned home to reunite with her younger sister Mirai. Gamamaru asked Jiraiya to bring Mirai to meet him after realizing she might match another figure in his prophecy.

• Sasuke received Sakura’s sealed order assigning him Gogō Nao as the first of twenty promised wives, while Hikari angrily resolved to confront Sakura the next day.
• Sakura and Jiraiya traveled to Mount Myōboku, where Gamamaru described a prophecy in which Sakura stood amid destruction and could influence the world.
• Sakura refused Gamamaru’s offer to guide her and left, correcting him that Mirai was her younger sister.
• Gamamaru asked Jiraiya to bring Mirai to meet him because she had pink hair, and Jiraiya reluctantly agreed.
• Sakura returned home, reunited with Mirai, and noticed that her sister had the same cherry-pink hair as she did.

Sakura inspected Konoha, then teased Hikari in the Hokage’s Office until Hikari cried and Tsunade walked in on the scene. After sending a letter to have Gogō Nao removed from the Uchiha family, Sakura handled her paperwork and left to replenish the Sage Chakra in her Yin Seal.

• Sakura left home early, drove a frog from the courtyard, and spent the morning walking around Konoha to check on public safety and residents’ livelihoods.
• Near the Third Training Ground, Sakura saw Karin scold Naruto and watched Tobirama Senju begin training Naruto to suppress the Nine-Tails with Karin’s help.
• At the Hokage’s Office, Hikari confronted Sakura about sending Gogō Nao to Sasuke, and Sakura teased Hikari about her promise to find Sasuke twenty wives.
• Hikari pounced on Sakura, but Sakura turned the tables and teased her until Hikari started crying; Tsunade walked in, saw them, and hurried out.
• After Hikari left, Sakura wrote to Uzuki Yugao to have Himura take Gogō Nao away, finished her paperwork, and departed to replenish her Yin Seal’s Sage Chakra.

Sakura learned that Jiraiya had left for Amegakure to try to reach Nagato, while Sunagakure and Kirigakure attacked the village. She dispatched Kakashi, Sasuke, Karin, and Mei Terumi to bring Jiraiya back, then prepared to accelerate Naruto’s Tailed Beast training on Turtle Island.

• At Shikkotsu Forest, Sakura told Sage Katsuyu that she had defeated Mōryō and described Gamamaru’s prophecy; Katsuyu urged her not to let it define her.
• Jiraiya decided against taking Mirai to meet the Toad Sage and left for Amegakure to try to turn Nagato from his path.
• Sakura learned Jiraiya had departed and received intelligence that Sunagakure and Kirigakure had attacked Amegakure.
• Sakura ordered Kakashi, Sasuke, Karin Uzumaki, and Mei Terumi to retrieve Jiraiya, telling Sasuke to meet Uchiha Itachi and warning the team not to hold back.
• Sakura summoned Tobirama Senju and Uzumaki Naruto, planning to take Naruto and Uchiha Hikari to Turtle Island for Tailed Beast training.

In Amegakure, Kakashi confronted Uchiha Obito after their infiltration squad was discovered, and revealed that the eye Obito kept targeting belonged to Rin. Obito rejected the truth and fled into his plan for the Infinite Tsukuyomi as Kakashi attacked with techniques inherited from his father and teacher.

• Pain assigned Kisame Hoshigaki, Uchiha Obito, and Sasori to capture the Four-Tails, while Uchiha Itachi was ordered to join Pain against Sunagakure.
• Black Zetsu planned to contact the Hokage and watched the Land of Fire's nobility, but Uchiha Obito went after Kakashi and the Konoha infiltration team instead.
• Mei Terumi led Sasuke and Karin toward Jiraiya, leaving Kakashi to face Uchiha Obito alone.
• Kakashi explained that he had used Izanagi to save a companion and revealed that Rin had donated her eye to him after death.
• Uchiha Obito learned the eye was Rin's, rejected Kakashi's words, and reaffirmed his plan to create a world through the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Kakashi attacked with White Fang's blade, combining Wind Release and Lightning Release before forming the Rasengan.

Konan and Nagato arranged for Kisame, Sasori of the Red Sands, and Hiruko to delay the Konoha squad as it approached Jiraiya. Mei Terumi split from Sasuke and Karin to fight Kisame, while Sasuke confronted Hiruko and the chapter ended as Hiruko unleashed Ice Release against him.

• Konan asked Nagato to let their former teacher Jiraiya go, but Nagato said Jiraiya could leave only if he chose to.
• Karin sensed Kisame, Sasori of the Red Sands, and Hiruko approaching, and Mei Terumi assigned herself to Kisame, Sasuke to Hiruko, and Karin to Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Mei Terumi dodged Kisame's attack with a Water Clone, struck Samehada with a water whip, and agreed to move their fight elsewhere.
• Sasori of the Red Sands summoned a puppet resembling the Fourth Raikage, while Karin prepared to face him and Sasuke attacked Hiruko with Chidori.
• Hiruko blocked Sasuke with Shikotsumyaku and absorbed his lightning with Dark Release, but Sasuke's attack had struck a Shadow Clone.
• Sasuke identified Hiruko's Sharingan, Shikotsumyaku, and Dark Release, and Hiruko responded by freezing the ground with Ice Release: Ice Crystal Shatter.

Jiraiya confronted Pain in Amegakure and tried to stop his former student from waging war, but Pain overwhelmed him with the Rinnegan’s powers. The chapter ended as Pain blasted Gamaken away and the steel tower crashed down, filling Jiraiya’s vision with blood.

• Jiraiya met Pain, recognized him as Yahiko, and learned that Nagato was behind the attack on the Shinobi World.
• Pain explained that Hanzo of the Salamander and Shimura Danzō had killed Yahiko, then repeatedly urged Jiraiya to leave.
• Jiraiya refused to retreat and summoned Gamaken, but Gamaken said the two Great Sages could not come because they were searching for Haruno Mirai.
• Pain used Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei to injure Jiraiya and repel Gamaken, then controlled a steel tower and sent it crashing toward him.
• Jiraiya summoned another toad to save Gamaken, but Pain blasted Gamaken toward Amegakure’s outskirts, and the falling tower left Jiraiya’s vision filled with blood.

Sakura brought Naruto to Turtle Island, where Yugito agreed to guide him in mastering the Nine-Tails’ power. In Amegakure, Pain defeated Jiraiya and left him apparently dead, while Konan asked that Konoha take their former teacher home.

• Sakura and her companions arrived at Turtle Island, where Yugito agreed to train Naruto at True Waterfall.
• Jiraiya mourned Gamaken’s death and deduced that Pain could use attraction and repulsion to control objects and repel attacks.
• Pain overwhelmed Jiraiya with the Heavenly Path’s powers and pierced him with steel nails.
• As he lay dying, Jiraiya carved symbols into his forehead protector and sent it away as a message.
• Pain and Konan discussed Jiraiya’s death, and Pain agreed to let Konoha take his body home.

Kakashi fought Uchiha Obito in the rain but could not overcome his powerful defenses and Kamui. Obito left after receiving a message, and Konan brought Kakashi Jiraiya’s corpse, revealing that her group had killed their former teacher after he refused to leave.

• Kakashi and Uchiha Obito clashed, but Kakashi struggled to penetrate Obito’s Steel Release and Kamui.
• Kakashi accused Obito of using Kamui to evade reality, and Obito prepared to kill him.
• A paper crane delivered a message to Obito, who taunted Kakashi about being too late and vanished.
• Konan arrived carrying Jiraiya’s corpse and told Kakashi that Jiraiya had refused three chances to leave.
• Konan defended her group’s actions and departed, leaving Kakashi mourning Jiraiya.

Sasuke confronted Uchiha Itachi to avenge his clan, while Sakura received news of Itachi’s death and faced Black Zetsu and Uchiha Obito on Turtle Island. Black Zetsu threatened to expose Sakura’s actions as Hokage, but she rejected his offer of cooperation and attacked them.

• Black Zetsu and Uchiha Obito decided to meet the Fifth Hokage and then capture the Four-Tails.
• Sasuke left Kakashi and Mei Terumi’s group to confront Uchiha Itachi, and Karin and Kakashi followed him; Kisame tried to block them, but Karin slipped past while Mei held Kisame off.
• Sasuke entered the building with Karin and told Uchiha Itachi he had come to kill him, then struck at him with a lightning-charged blade.
• Sakura received Karin’s report that Jiraiya and Uchiha Itachi were dead, but kept the news from Naruto while he trained on Turtle Island.
• Black Zetsu and Uchiha Obito confronted Sakura by the sea and threatened to reveal that she had killed the previous Daimyo; Sakura dismissed their claims and refused to cooperate.
• Sakura attacked Uchiha Obito, who avoided her punch with Kamui, then turned to face him and Black Zetsu with golden eyes as Obito tried to use Kamui again.

Sakura defeated Uchiha Obito in a fierce battle at sea, but his prearranged Izanagi let him escape death at the cost of one Sharingan. She anticipated that the nobles would unite the nations against Konoha and decided to hasten her plans, beginning with the Land of Wind.

• Sakura struck Uchiha Obito into the sea and endured his Storm Release attack with Yang Release: Guard.
• Sakura foiled Obito’s Black Rod attack, disrupted his Chakra, and crushed his throat with a Chakra-flame technique.
• Obito’s body and Black Zetsu vanished as Izanagi activated, and Sakura realized Obito had prepared a trigger point before the battle.
• Sakura considered the coming coalition against Konoha and chose the Land of Wind as her first target.

After Sakura defeated Uchiha Obito, she discussed the nobles and the Shinobi World’s power structure with Tobirama Senju and sent him back to Konoha to prepare for war. Meanwhile, Obito revived through Izanagi, and Black Zetsu planned to make Pain stronger while the Akatsuki Organization prepared to capture the Four-Tails and provoke another war.

• Sakura told Tobirama Senju that Uchiha Obito had died and revived, then urged him to return to Konoha and help Tsunade prepare for coming changes.
• Tobirama Senju explained how nobles, ninja, and civilians sustained the existing class structure, and regretted that Hashirama Senju’s era had offered a chance to change it.
• Sakura stayed on Turtle Island to help Naruto train and guard against schemers, but said she would return to Konoha if he had not mastered the Nine-Tails’ chakra within seven days.
• Sakura asked Tobirama Senju to bring Sasuke to Turtle Island and suggested using the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to counter Akatsuki’s propaganda.
• Uchiha Obito revived in Amegakure through Izanagi, and Black Zetsu told him that Pain should suffer a defeat and later receive Obito’s Hashirama Cells.
• Black Zetsu planned to capture Roshi, spread rumors against the Hokage, and reignite the Shinobi World War as he headed to Nagato’s Central Tower.

Sakura learned that Mount Myōboku’s sages had taken her younger sister Mirai there and that the Sage of Six Paths stood behind them. She traveled to Mount Myōboku with Yugito and, after sensing Mirai near Gamamaru’s palace, confronted Gamamaru as her power silenced the land.

• Yugito told Sakura that Naruto could gain Nine-Tails Chakra Mode through a chakra tug-of-war with the Nine-Tails, and Sakura summoned Katsuyu to discuss his training.
• Katsuyu warned Sakura that Fukasaku and Shima had taken Mirai to Mount Myōboku and that the Sage of Six Paths would stop her if she tried to destroy it.
• Sakura asked Naruto to reverse-summon her to Mount Myōboku, brought Yugito along, and asked her to look after Mirai.
• Sakura sensed Mirai near Gamamaru’s palace, agreed to Yugito’s condition for helping her, and flew toward the palace in a blaze of chakra.
• Sakura’s pressure silenced Mount Myōboku, and she called for Gamamaru to come out.

The Fifth Hokage invaded Mount Myōboku to confront Gamamaru over his prophecy and the Sage Chakra placed on Mirai. After rescuing and examining her sister, she challenged Sage Fukasaku and the toads, who remained poised to fight her.

• The Fifth Hokage arrived at Mount Myōboku, ordered Gamabunta aside, and continued toward the palace despite Sage Shima's pleas.
• Gamahiro attacked the Hokage, whose water dragon wounded him and then badly injured Gamabunta until Sage Shima struck it with Water Slash.
• The Hokage intensified her pressure as Sage Fukasaku emerged from the palace with Mirai, then used the Heavenly Canopy Array to discover and destroy Gamamaru's Sage Chakra in Mirai's body.
• The Hokage put Mirai to sleep and warned Sage Fukasaku that she would not tolerate anyone targeting her family; Gamahiro attacked again, and she pinned his blade beneath her foot.
• Gamahiro urged the toads to attack the Hokage, while Sage Fukasaku struggled to respond to her accusation.

The Hokage killed Gamahiro after he attacked her, then confronted Gamamaru about his influence over Jiraiya and his willingness to sacrifice others. Gamamaru revealed his enormous Great Rock Toad form and attacked, leaving Sakura and Enma charging into battle against him.

• The Hokage gave the sleeping Mirai to Yugito and killed Gamahiro when he attacked her, despite Sage Fukasaku's attempt to save him.
• The Hokage spared Sage Fukasaku and entered the palace to question Gamamaru about Jiraiya's devotion to Mount Myōboku and Gamamaru's knowledge of her powers.
• Gamamaru accepted responsibility for Gamahiro's death and revealed that the palace's toad form was only his tongue, while the mountain was his true body.
• Sakura escaped Gamamaru's attack and recognized him as the Great Rock Toad before summoning Enma.
• Sakura and Enma charged at Gamamaru with the Golden Staff as he activated his Indestructible Body technique.

Sakura battled the gigantic Gamamaru above Mount Myōboku, using Sage techniques and the rising clouds to counter his flames. As her Sage Chakra ran low, she sent Shadow Clones to gather Natural Energy from the Toad Oil, while her Yang Clone blocked the toads and Inner Sakura attacked them.

• Gamamaru emerged as a colossal, flame-wreathed toad and leapt into the sky, where Sakura pursued him with Enma’s Golden Staff.
• Sakura entered Sage Mode, drove Gamamaru higher toward the troposphere, and challenged him to bring Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo.
• Sakura strengthened herself with Creation Rebirth Hundred Healings Jutsu and struck Gamamaru through the clouds with her extended staff.
• Sakura summoned eighteen water dragons to attack Gamamaru and sent three Shadow Clones toward Mount Myōboku’s Toad Oil to replenish her Sage Chakra.
• Fukasaku and Shima ordered the toads to stop Sakura’s clones, but Sakura’s Yang Clone blocked their way and Inner Sakura charged at them.

Sakura battled Gamamaru on Mount Myōboku and nearly killed him with repeated Sage Art attacks before Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo intervened. After Hagoromo revealed that he was only a clone, Sakura attacked him with her Divine Axe, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Gamamaru transformed into an armored human form, and Sakura renewed her Sage Mode with Mount Myōboku's Natural Energy before resuming their fight.
• Sakura used Guard to withstand Gamamaru's Melting Flames, then landed five Mountain Lord strikes and prepared a final blow intended to kill him.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo appeared, stopped Sakura's final punch, and asked her to spare the dying Gamamaru.
• Sakura dropped Gamamaru, but Hagoromo caught him with Banshō Ten'in and confirmed that his body had perished centuries ago and he was using a clone.
• Sakura rejected Hagoromo's warning and unleashed Sage Art: Yang Release: Mountain Splitting with her Divine Axe.

Sakura outmaneuvered Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo in their battle and killed Gamamaru despite Hagoromo’s efforts to protect him. Hagoromo recognized that he had lost, while Inner Sakura remained unable to move after being knocked back.

• Inner Sakura killed Fukasaku as Mount Myōboku lay devastated, then vanished when Sakura recalled her to complete Mountain Splitting.
• Sakura used a mirage to trick Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, then attacked him with a Yang Release clone and forced him to use Shinra Tensei.
• Sakura used Flying Thunder God to switch places with Inner Sakura and charged toward the wounded Gamamaru while Inner Sakura distracted Hagoromo.
• Sakura stabbed Gamamaru with a Chakra-coated Kunai, killing him and leaving a lake of blood in the hollow below.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo knocked Inner Sakura back and acknowledged that Sakura had defeated him and killed the person he had tried to protect.

Sakura met Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo after killing Gamamaru, learned about Kaguya Otsutsuki and the threat of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and refused Hagoromo’s direct gift of Yin and Yang power. She accepted his records on Yin Release, Yang Release, and Yin-Yang Release before leaving Mount Myōboku with Yugito and Mirai.

• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo told Sakura he would not avenge Gamamaru and reunited with Matatabi, who was using Yugito’s body.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo explained Kaguya Otsutsuki’s history and the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s threat to the planet.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo offered Sakura the powers of Yin and Yang, but Sakura refused because she wanted to grow through her own efforts.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo gave Sakura a collection of records and insights on Yin Release, Yang Release, and Yin-Yang Release, which she accepted.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo told Matatabi to let the Tailed Beasts do as they wished, then vanished.
• Sakura left the devastated Mount Myōboku with Mirai, and Yugito followed her.

After retrieving Mirai from Mount Myōboku, Sakura returned to Turtle Island and set a three-day deadline for Naruto to gain control of the Nine-Tails’ chakra. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu’s misinformation prompted the Daimyo of the Land of Water to investigate Sakura and order a ceasefire, while Pain arrived at Turtle Island as the chapter ended.

• Sakura told Yugito she had refused the Sage of Six Paths’ power because she wanted to surpass him, then returned to camp with Mirai and sent her parents a letter.
• Sakura told Hikari and Yugito that Naruto had three days to control the Nine-Tails’ chakra before he would have to return to Konoha, while Naruto listened from inside his tent.
• Black Zetsu spread suspicions about Sakura’s role in the previous Daimyo of the Land of Fire’s death, and the Daimyo of the Land of Water sent Longze to investigate the current Daimyo and ordered Kirigakure to stop its campaign against Amegakure.
• Mirai woke beside Sakura, then eagerly reunited with Naruto, who was cooking breakfast for the group.
• Pain arrived outside Turtle Island and identified Naruto and Yugito as the Nine-Tails and Two-Tails Jinchuriki.